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ASEAN
40th Anniversary
(2007)
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Issue
Name: |
ASEAN 40th Anniversary |
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Thai Issue
Name: |
40 ปี อาเซียน |
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Issue Date: |
2007/2550-08-08 |
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Cause: |
To commemorate the 40th
Anniversary of ASEAN, this set of postage stamps was
presented as a joint issue in all member states, each
printed with its own denomination in the local currency. |
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Catalogue Number: |
2007/47-56 |
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Denomination: |
3 Baht (10 designs) |
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Unused Value: |
4 Baht
(10 designs) |
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Complete Set: |
40 Baht (unused), 20 Baht
(used) |
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Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
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Size: |
30 x
40.5 mm |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
1,000,000 pieces per design |
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Printer: |
Thai British Security Printing Public Company
Limited, Thailand |
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Subject: |
Architectural
landmarks from the 10
ASEAN
member
countries, namely: 1.
the
Secretariat Building at Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei
Darussalam; 2.
the National
Museum at
Phnom Penh
in
Cambodia;
3. the Batavia Museum at Jakarta in
Indonesia; 4. a typical
traditional house on stilts in
Laos;
5. the Railway Headquarters Building at Kuala Lumpur in
Malaysia;
6. the
Central Post Office Building at Yangon in Myanmar
(Burma);
7.
the Malacaņang
Palace at Manila in
the Philippines; 8. the Singapore
National Museum in Singapore; 9.
the
Vimanmek
Mansion at
Bangkok
in
Thailand;
and 10. the Presidential Palace at Hanoi in Vietnam.
In the top right corner of each stamp is the logo of ASEAN's 40th
Anniversary, which
comprises of
the
number 40, with the four being in
colours that represent the main
colours of the crests of all the ASEAN countries at the time (Myanmar's has
since been changed), whereas
the zero
comprises of
the circular logo
of ASEAN (fig.). |
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Related Link: |
ASEAN,
gong with national flags of ASEAN
member nations |
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